Varnish and method of compounding.



UNITE STATES Patented June 30, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID BRAZELL, OF BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters 'Patent No. 732,514, dated June30, 1903.

Application filed March 26, 1903. Serial No. 149,733. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID BRAZELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brunswick, in the county of Glynn and State of Georgia, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Varnishes and Methods ofCompounding, of which the following is a specification. 7

My invention relates to improvements ina compound for varnish and themethod of preparing the same.

The object of my invention is to produce a varnish which after havingdried has a smoother surface and a greater gloss and also produce avarnish which is more durable, that is less subject to scratches, andwhich is less materially affected by either heat or moisture than invarnishes heretofore produced.

My invention consists in the method of compounding the followingingredients in the following proportions, herein stated, to produce onegallon of varnish: First, take three pints and a gill of raw linseed-oiland boil the same for three minutes, and I preferably use a copperkettle or receptacle, as I find that this produces better results. Theobject of using the raw linseed-oil is to have the oil boiled exactlythe stated length of time, and the different manufacturers boil the oildifferent lengths of time, and it would be impossible to use the boiledoil and at all times produce good results. After the linseed-oil hasboiled three minutes add one quart of melted rosin and allow the twoingredients to boil for two minutes and then add three pints of whiteJapan drier and allow the three to boil for three minutes. The contentsof the kettle or receptacle is caused to stop boiling either by removingthe same from the pot or removing the pot from the fire and is allowedto stand for two minutes after it has stopped boiling. After this add agill of beeswax dissolved in half a. gill of alcohol, and after this adda gill of turpentine. The mixture is then allowed to thoroughly cool,and then add one gill of gasolene or benzene, and, allowing forconsiderable evaporation and distillation, I

produce one gallon of my improved varnish.

Each and all of the before-mentioned ingredients are necessary toproduce a varnish having the qualities of my improved varnish. Thelinseed-oil gives the varnish the elastic finish, and the body and glossare obtained by the resin. The Japan drier is for the purpose wellknown, while the turpentine gives it the cutting qualities to keep fromsettling, and the alcohol and beeswax give it the slick appearance andprevent the water-marks and scratches from showing thereon.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein described composition of matter, consisting of rawlinseed-oil, rosin, white Japan drier, beeswax, alcohol, turpentine anda volatile petroleum product.

2. The herein described composition of matter, consisting ofthefollowing ingredients in about the proportions named, three pints anda gill of raw linseed-oil, one quart of melted rosin, three pints ofWhite Japan drier, one gill of beeswax, half a gill of alcohol, one gillof turpentine, and one gill of volatile petroleum product.

3. The herein-described method of compounding thefollowingingredients,take three pints and a gill of rawlinseed-oil andboil it for three minutes; add one quart of melted rosin and allow thetwo to boil for two minutes;

add three pints of white Japan drier and boil for three minutes; thesame is then stopped boiling and allowed to stand for two minutes andthen add a gill of beeswax dissolved in a half gill of alcohol, then adda gill of turpentine and after this has cooled, add a gill of a volatilepetroleum product.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

DAVID BRAZELL.

Witnesses:

J A. MONTGOMERY, A. M. WOODDALL.

